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Do You Think You Deserve Special High-Heel Friendly Parking Spots?

Imagine a world where you never, ever have to schlep miles in uncomfortable stilettos. Sounds pretty unreal, huh? Well, in Seoul, South Korea, city government has painted 4,929 parking spaces pink, reserved for women so they don't have to walk as far to work or shopping centers. It's part of an initiative to transform Seoul into a more female-friendly city, but some are calling it...

anti-feminist, because it may be just reinforcing women's "secondary status" in society. Okay, I confess, I have mixed feelings. When I was pregnant, I was super-impressed that the malls in my home state had special parking spots for "expectant mothers." Of course, now that I'm not pregs I wish they had spots for "mommies toting extra-large children" (e.g. my baby, whose mammoth growth spurts never cease to amaze me). The thing is, there's always some excuse for needing a closer parking spot, right?